CHATTANOOGA, TN —
OSHA Injury Report: CHATTANOOGA_1441267
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at CHATTANOOGA_1441267 in CHATTANOOGA, TN 37421 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was mAIL HANDLER in mail and Parcel Delivery.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- CHATTANOOGA_1441267
- Parent company
- US Postal Service
- Street
- 6050 SHALLOWFORD RD
- City
- CHATTANOOGA
- State
- TN
- ZIP
- 37421
- On-site location
- Flat sorting machine (FSM)
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 1
- Days restricted or transferred
- 5
Before the incident
lifting magazines
What happened
Employee was lifting the magazines out of the tubs and placing them in the ACT or stacking them on the station while the machine was down. Constant doing those reps my left hand has become very painful it hurts really bad. There is swelling to the left hand.
Injury or illness
Hand-Left- Sprain Strain Twist
Object or substance involved
Ergonomics lifting
Summary line
Left hand and wrist strain
Employee and industry
- Job description
- MAIL HANDLER
- SOC code
- 43-5051 — Postal Service Clerks
- NAICS code
- 491110 — Mail and Parcel Delivery
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 242
- Total hours worked
- 482010
- EIN
- 417600000
- Establishment ID
- 1212462
- Employer case #
- 286796
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 18:00
- Time of incident
- 20:40
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 10FEB2025:19:15:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.